This 40’ box car with plug door and no roofwalk is car # 31 of a 44 car series representing each of the presidents of the United States. It bears the portrait of our 27th president, William H. Taft. The car comes with a commemorative pin replicated from this era. President Taft’s profession was as attorney and judge. The political office he most desired was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, to which he was appointed in 1921. He also served as Secretary of War prior to his Presidency.